Companies deploying dishonest tactics in relation to customers, suppliers, distributors, and others usually do so to increase short-term profits, and in this regard, they can succeed. But misconduct is likely to fuel the social and psychological processes within the organization that have the potential for devastating financial results outweigh the short-term gains. There are three types of organizational consequences of dishonesty: the reputation of degradation, (MIS) match between the values of employees and the organization, and increased surveillance. These results may lead to a decrease in repeat business and job satisfaction - and the increasing volume of the employee, employee theft, and other hidden costs. These effects will be, as the tumor spread and gradually eat into energy and health care organizations. They will also be difficult to define a common accounting practices and may lead to corrective efforts, exceeding the real causes of low productivity and profitability. Without a deep understanding of the effects of three types of organizations can try to control one financial bleeding (for example, the loss of theft of employees) by creating another (that is, investment in more expensive security systems). "Hide
by Peter K. Petrov, Noah J. Goldstein, Robert B. Cialdini Source: MIT Sloan Management Review 9 pages. Publication Date: April 1, 2004. Prod. #: SMR138-PDF-ENG
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